Ernest Renan suggested that without the rise of Christianity, we might all have embraced the cult of Mithras. Nevertheless, it has had a lasting influence on secret societies, religious movements and popular culture.
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Laurent Bricault has revolutionised Mithraic studies with the exhibition The Mystery of Mithras. Meet this professor in Toulouse for a fascinating look at the latest discoveries and what lies ahead.
It is well known that Mithras was born from a rock. However, less has been written about the father of the solar god, and especially about how he conceived him.
On the occasion of the discovery of a Mithraeum in Cabra, Spain, we talk to Jaime Alvar, a leading figure in the field of Mithraism. With him, we examine the testimonies known to date and the peculiarities of the cult of Mithras in Hispania.
Yolanda’s multimedia dissertation focuses on the cognitive mechanisms that motivate Mithras worshippers. Her work includes a podcast entitled Conversations about Mithras.
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A place of worship for the Roman god of light Mithras was discovered during archaeological excavations in Trier. This includes a larger relief.
Las excavaciones llevadas a cabo en el yacimiento arqueológico romano de la villa de Mithra, en Cabra (Córdoba), han deparado el excepcional hallazgo de un mitreo, o zona destinada al culto al dios Mithra, cuya estatua fue descubierta hace unos 70 años.
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On the occasion of the exhibition, the Royal Museum of Mariemont invites five experts from Europe to emulate the research on the cult of Mithras.
Despite the current political landscape of the US, we can look to antiquity to see that the red cap was actually once a symbol of citizenship and welcome to the foreigner.
Sarah E. Bond
La Domus de Mitreo y el Centro Arqueolóxico de San Roque muestran otra cara del viejo Lugo
Lorena García Calvo
The floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.
The Mithraeum has found in a Roman building at the end of Attila Road, in Hévíz, Egregy
Mithras and other oriental gods were worshipped in the shrine of Zeus near the Villa of the Quintilians in Rome.
Slab of the astrologer Maximus of Milan
Altar with inscription and symbolic figures from Ptuj
Petrogeny with hand on head from Nida
Tauroctony of Palermo
Mithras Tauroctony and other figures from Palæographia Britannica
Tauroctony of Toronto
Tauroctony of St. Andrä vor dem Hagenthale
Cautes and Cautopates of Palermo
Persian plaque from the palace of Darius
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Gracias por compartir tu artículo, Roberto. Es difícil determinar en qué momento la masonería es…
https://www.mithraeum.eu/group/anglo.mithraic.society
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1899-1201-3 If this piece could be added, too, …
One hypothesis is that the mythology of the Roman secret society of Mithras was transformed into an …
Excavations led by Aytac Coskun on Academia.edu
We totally need a picture of this. Who's in the area? ;-)
Welcome to your grotto, Marcus!
Hey Behzad! I’m currently reading into Gnosticism and am hoping to make an article for the site co…
By the way, there is this video by @nicolas.amoroso that tells a lot about mithraic images in the me…
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